ZeroWater, United Way of Genesee County and General Motors Foundation are donation 2,500 filters to Flint schools.

This announcement comes after tests show that four Flint Community Schools have lead levels above the federal action level.

“This gives us something in every classroom that can ensure there’s clean water until we can get to some of the more permanent fixes,” says Jamie Gaskin, the CEO of United Way of Genesee County.

Gaskin estimates these filters will need replacing within a month or two – if not less. “It depends on the actual water that’s coming into each filter,” Gaskin says.

Parents say they’re scared for their children.

Monique Booker’s daughter is a 4th grader at Freeman Elementary School, where the lead levels are more than six times the federal limit. Booker learned about the elevated lead levels yesterday while watching the news.

“It was devastating,” Booker says. “It was kinda like a take your breath away moment: ‘Oh my god, my daughter goes to this school and she’s exposed to this.’ ”

Flint Superintendent Bilal Tawwab says, “We understand this is a very scary time.”

The city of Flint is expected to get hooked back up to Detroit's water system in as little as two weeks.

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When I learned the governor had reversed himself and was willing to help reconnect Flint to Detroit water, what first popped into my head was what Gerald Ford said the day Richard Nixon resigned and he became President.

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Jack Lessenberry talks about the latest on the Flint water problem.

He told us the system worked, and we were “a government of laws, not men.”

Gov. Rick Snyder this morning held a press conference in which he said he supports reconnecting the city of Flint’s water supply back to Detroit’s water system.

Snyder said he will ask the Legislature to provide half ($6 million) of the $12 million bill to reconnect the system. The city of Flint will pay $2 million, and the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation will contribute $4 million.

Mayor Dayne Walling said he expects the city to reconnect to the Detroit system in two weeks.